Vampiric Tutor

What makes this card good is....it's an instant that fetches any card for one mana. Can be casted end of opp turn. If you fear the loss of life or that it takes a drawstep to benefit from it's ability, then your deck probably isn't built right.
Period.

Don't listen to the reviewers who gave this card a low rating, this is a great card. The life loss may seem like a bad idea, but it's a small price to pay for that specific card you need on the spot. True, it doesn't get a card instantly the way Demonic Tutor, but Vampiric can be played on the first turn. If you are complaining about the life loss from Vampiric Tutor, chances are you are losing.

Adam Pingry from Australia smokes crack. this card is amazing and one of the top 5 black cards of all time. its restricted for a reason

Here's my scenario. (Deck- Benzo)

Hand, Vampiric Tutor, Swamp, Dark Rit, Exhume. It's not that hard to get a hand like this in a deck like Benzo.

First turn, drop Swamp, Vampiric Tutor for an Entomb.

Second Turn, Dark Rit, Entomb. Entomb an Akroma, Darksteel Colossus, what have you, from your deck to your graveyard.
Exhume it.

Second turn Akroma, Colossus, Draco...

This card is good.

this is a very good card and higher in play value than any demonic tutor fan will leave you to believe
one of the single best black cards to ever be printed
more turn two kills after this on turn one, than any single other card.

For those of you who say this card sucks, is absolutely wrong! This card is incredible. Comparing it to Demonic Tutor is ok, but the tutor is a SORCERY, while this is an INSTANT. At the end of your opponents turn, cast this and set up a combo. Draw your card, and possible game over. This card is super-broken!

well........INSTANT stands out. 2 life who cares, yeah.....there are soooo many ways to gain life and well that helps. Black decks usually have drain life/death grasp/sould burns/agoney. So what the heck!! first on their turn do a nice little oram's chant, and then the tutor. What BETTER WAY to spend 2 mana and 2 life. You might be looking as good as brad pitt after that play!!! later

pay 2 points of life and seek for any card which you want!!veryyyy easy...hehe

Anyone who knows anything ranks this among the best cards in the game. NO one cares about the life loss.

Very good card. The best of the instant tutors, as it can nab you a creature, artifact, enchantment or land. Works well with cards like Oath of Druids or Yawgmoth's Bargain (not that any of you play with that :-p)

Este tutor para mim é o melhor de todos pois só custa 1 de custo, é instantâneo e por dois pontos de vida, pode-se buscar ao grimório qualquer carta que se precise. Fds e não digo mais nada a carta é altamente. Fds eu adoro, e acima de tudo é permitido nos torneios extended.

yeah it does suck two life - not that big a deal. restricted - understandable. for everyone whos whining about demonic tutor versus this get over it! at least this way u get to have 2 tutors in the deck since both are restricted. at least u dont have to use diabolic tutors which are way too mana inefficient.

This is a great card, but what I am really impressed with is the price Trollandtoad has for them. These are more on most sites. I find that almost every rare card is at least a few dollars cheaper on Trollandtoad, and it is one of the only sites I bother ordering from. Thank you TrollandToad.

This card can get you any card for perfect tactics.1 mana is good so you can play it on your first turn.the fact that it drains life from you is not a good thing however.

This card doesn't even come close to Demonic Tutor. It's a good card, yes, but inferior to a Demonic Tutor.

For one more mana I can get the card I want in my hand, not on top of my library. How often does the fact that this is an instant help you? So what if it's an instant, you have to wait until you draw a card for it to be useful. That's card disadvantage. Vampiric Tutor is weak.

Yeah, uh-oh is right! This card is a blithering idiot! I tried to use this card to find my chairs but it just kept walking by a lot. What's with this 'DUH' stuff anyway?

One casting cost is great. Two life is not bad. Putting the card on top of your library instead of in your hand make this possibly the most overrated card of all time. Demonic Tutor is 100 times better than this piece of junk.

sucks . . .